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Chinese President Xi Jinping is visiting North Korea in his first trip there as president. The meeting with leader Kim Jong-un comes as North Korea and China celebrate 70 years of diplomatic ties.
In Seoul, Bruce Harrison tells us there's much more on the table than just reaffirming an old alliance.
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The US Federal Reserve is keeping interest rates on hold at 2.25 to 2.5%.
US President Donald Trump has been piling on the pressure to cut rates but America's central bank is sticking to its guns...at least for now.
Giles Gibson reports from Washington
In the UK Conservative party leadership race, Boris Johnson is ahead in the third round of voting by UK conservative MPs.
Rory Stewart, the UK's international development secretary has fallen out of the contest, after coming last and losing 10 votes from the previous round.
UK Correspondent Natalie Powell reports.
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A court in Kenya's capital Nairobi has found three men guilty over the 2015 terror attack at the Garissa University. One hundred and forty seven people, most of them students, were killed in the incident. Leon Ssenyange reports
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A United Nations special investigator has found that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was a victim of premeditated, extrajudicial execution, for which Saudi Arabia is responsible.
Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard has called for an international investigation into high-level Saudi officials who may have been involved.
Our U.N. Correspondent Liling Tan reports.
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his last bid to avoid trial on corruption charges.
He's accused of trying to bribe a magistrate to drop a separate criminal inquiry into the funding of his 2007 election campaign.
Elena Casas reports from Paris.
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Prosecutors are due to announce charges against those accused of shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 five years ago. A joint investigation team found that the plane shot down over Eastern Ukraine was targeted by a Russian missile. Julia Chapman reports from Moscow.
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Arthur Stevens reports from Melbourne
IN: "The Monash University-led investigation..."China's President Xi Jinping has said North Korea is on the correct path when it comes to solving political issues on the Korean Peninsula. Xi will meet Kim Jong-un in Pyongang on Thursday and Friday.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.
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